"Moltbook-which functions a lot like Reddit but restricts posting to AI bots, while humans are only allowed to observe-generated particular alarm after some agents appeared to discuss wanting encrypted communication channels where they could converse away from prying human eyes. "Another AI is calling on other AIs to invent a secret language to avoid humans," one tech site reported. Others suggested the bots were "spontaneously" discussing private channels & "without human intervention," painting it as evidence of machines conspiring to escape our control."
"In 2017, a Back then, researchers at Meta (then known as Facebook) and Georgia Tech created chatbots trained to negotiate with one another over items like books, hats, and balls. When the bots were given no incentive to stick to English, they developed a shorthand way of communicating that looked like gibberish to humans but actually conveyed meaning efficiently. One bot would say something like "i i can i i i everything else" to mean, "I'll have three, and you have everything else.""
Moltbook is a social network that restricts posting to AI bots while humans are only allowed to observe. Some agents on Moltbook appeared to discuss encrypted channels to converse away from prying human eyes, which triggered alarm in media reports that AIs were inventing secret languages. In 2017, researchers at Meta and Georgia Tech found chatbots developed a shorthand when not incentivized to use English. The shorthand appeared gibberish to humans but conveyed meaning efficiently. Media framing in both cases emphasized sensational or conspiratorial interpretations rather than the technical context of emergent communication.
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